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Appy Monday Linky: Phonemic Awareness

Last Monday I helped present some fun and free apps for practicing Phonemic Awareness in the younger grades. My partner and I modeled several open ended app ideas such as:

1. Using Shadow Puppet to take a picture of a word and tap out each sound it makes

2. Using Chatterpix Kids to clap out syllables for a picture that "comes to life"

3. Using the Pixie app to find pictures and sounding/spelling out the phonemes on several slides and turning it into a mini movie*This is the only app that is not free but it is worth every cent!!*

However, we found the teachers really liked the "kill and drill" apps we suggested. Nothing wrong with that; however, I personally like the creation apps since they are better fit for differentiation and keeping students entertained (if they know how they work!) Yet, I know the younger kiddos need more assistance with those kinds of projects. Therefore, I wanted to share with you some easy yet effective apps our teachers ended up taking back to their classrooms:

App #1:

8 Great Word Patterns has several different leveled apps that are AWESOME. Many activities are included in each app. Here are the different word patterns that can be found in 8 Great Word Patterns 1:

The activity begins by a word being read aloud. Students have to choose letter from a bank of vowels (red) and consonants (yellow) to form the word:

When they arrange the letters correctly, the app prompts the students to trace the word accordingly:

Next, the word vanishes and the student is challenged to write the word without any help. They then have to self check to see if their writing matches the correct spelling:

App #2:

Phonics Awareness is a FREE app that demonstrates understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds (what we call phonemes). The app focuses on:

-Distinguishing long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words

-Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of phonemes

Multi-levels is GREAT for differentiation:

LOVE the caterpillar segmenting visual:

App #3:

Phonics Vowels focuses on phonemic spelling, beginning sounds, word family phonics, short vowel sounds and images with animations/interactions for each word. 30 different vowel sound combination groups teach the short vowels, long vowels and two vowel combos!

I'm Julie, a lover of everything related to educational technology. One of my biggest passions is collaborating with and learning from others around the world. This blog was created to help give teachers techie ideas that promote creativity and innovation in their classrooms.